Richard Nixon: “A great French philosopher once said that true friendship comes not when we look at each other, but when we look outward…”

This legislation exceeds my budgetary recommendations by such a large amount--some $540 million--that it presents a clear and distinct threat to our fight against inflation and cannot be accepted.

This, more than anything, is what I hope will be my legacy to you, to our country, as I leave the Presidency.

It is regrettable that the Congress has seen fit to add to a bill of such importance to our national security a rider adversely affecting the constitutional separation of powers.

To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body.